Calling them a safety hazard to drivers on the nation’s roads, the Teamsters and several safety groups and advocates opened a campaign against the truck lobby’s plans to put extra-large rigs on U.S. roads.Teamsters President James Hoffa, longtime safety advocate Joan Claybrook, former House Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota and their allies aim to stop the 97,000-pound double- and triple-tractor-trailers from roaming the highways.
Their drive is fueled by a combination of economics – the big rigs rip up roads, which are expensive to repair – and personal tragedies: Stories from relatives of dead motorists who lost loved ones in big-rig crashes. “When I look in the rear view mirror, I don’t want to see that big thing” with a tired driver “bearing down on me,” Hoffa added. Full Story..........
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